CSU, Chico News

Freida Lee Mock, winner of Academy and Emmy Awards for her documentaries, will visit California State University, Chico Wednesday, April 17, to screen two of her films and talk about her work. Full Story

Auditions for the 2002 Earl R. and Marilyn Ann Kruschke Prize in Piano Performance will be held Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre at California State University, Chico. The public is invited at no charge. Full Story

Patty Martin, the small-town mayor from Quincy, Wash., who helped expose the use of toxic waste as fertilizers, will speak on April 23 at 7 p.m. in Plumas 102, California State University, Chico. Martin is being brought to Chico by the Rawlins Environmental Literacy Project. Full Story

The new fee payment deadline for fall semester 2002 is Thursday, August 1, 2002, and Thursday, December 19, 2002 for spring 2003, several weeks earlier than in previous years. Full Story

The Board of Directors of the Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) at California State University, Chico hosts “The State of the Museum, Thanks to You…” slide talk and tour at the Bidwell Mansion Visitors’ Center on Thursday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Full Story

Associated Students Recycling, California State University, Chico, has now surpassed 500,000 pounds of recyclables collected each year, with 511,000 pounds collected between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2001. The campus as a whole has exceeded the state requirement of 25 percent diversion by 2002. The campus stands at 48 percent of waste recycled, which puts it very close to the 50 percent targeted for 2004. Full Story

The Environmental Action and Resource Center is bringing Cecile Andrews, community educator and author, to California State University, Chico on Thursday, April 4. She will speak on voluntary simplicity at a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Performing Arts Center, room 134. Full Story

After one more fund-raising event this weekend, 33 California State University, Chico students will be ready to leave for New York City, where they will assume the daunting but prestigious task of portraying the United States at the 2002 National Model United Nations conference for more than 200 schools around the world. Full Story

The Public Speaking team at California State University, Chico, secured national competition spots for three top students at the National District qualifying Tournament held at Cypress Community College in Cypress, California over the weekend of March 9 and 10. Full Story

The Associated Students at California State University, Chico is launching an ongoing campus pride project that will include two events and new additions to the campus. Full Story